After the War

Motti Lerner

AFTER THE WAR

By Motti Lerner

Provocative Israeli playwright Motti Lerner was the center of a contentious firestorm in Washington, DC in 2014 when his play The Admission caused a rift in the Jewish community. That story wrapped with the birth of Mosaic Theatre Company.

Motti transforms those tumultuous times into this searing investigation of the intersection art and politics. Set two days after the Second Lebanon War, an out-spoken left-wing pianist returns to his family home in Tel Aviv and confronts his mother, brother and son.

Motti Lerner is playwright and screenwriter who writes mostly about political issues. Among his plays: "Kastner", "Pangs of the Messiah", Pollard","Exile in Jerusalem", "Passing The Love of Women", "Autumn", "Hard Love", "The Hastening of The End". His US productions include: "The Murder of Isaac" (Baltimore Centerstage) "Pangs of the Messiah" (Theater J, Silkroad Rising, and other), "Benedictus" (Golden Thread, Theater J), "Paulus" (Silk Road Rising) "The Admission" (Theater J), "Hard Love" (TACT, NY), and "After The War" (Mosaic Theater). Among his screenplays: "The Kastner Trial", "Bus Number 300", "Egoz", "The Institute", "The Silence of the Sirens", "Altalena", "Spring 1941" and "Kapo in Jerusaelm".

It was fascinating to get into tensions within Israeli society about the use of military force. I also liked the fact that it focused on the Second Lebanon War, a conflict that may not get a ton of attention.